Category: G

A tropical plant originally coming from Asia. Ginger is most known for its use as a food, although the aromatic qualities of the plant are also admired and utilized. Ginger is often used as an additive to increase the complexity of compositions, and to impart subtle hints that combine with other notes for a well-rounded… Continue reading →

A flowering, shrub-like plant that features white, aromatic flowers. Hailing from the Indo-China region, gardenia has traditionally been used as an alternative, or an accompaniment, to jasmine, where experiences a notable presence as a tea additive. Gardenia is yet to be extracted of its essential oil, which renders its only options for a featuring in… Continue reading →

Fragrance Families: Characteristics: Fragrance Examples: It is a plant product best described as an aromatic gum resin that derives from certain umbelliferous Persian plant species found in the genus Ferula in several of its variants. The plants responsible for producing Galbanum grow plentifully on the slopes of certain mountainous ranges in Iran. Even when these… Continue reading →

Fragrance Families: woody Characteristics: smokey, floral Fragrance Examples: A resin derived from the guaiacum tree that possesses an array of practical uses. Guaiac wood, of which the resin is yielded from, is marvelled for being among the most durable and hardy woods in the world. From the resin derives the oil of guaiac, which is… Continue reading →